• Manchester United – Middlesbrough 0-0, 3-1 after a penalty shootout.
(Dagbladet): Louis van Gaal had guaranteed notified that a backup marked Arsenal got pig bank away against Sheffield Wednesday last night when he took out the team that would meet Middlesbrough in quarter final in the League Cup tonight.
Still, the Dutchman whole nine changes to the team that drew 0-0 against crosstown City in the series on Sunday. That he would come to regret.
The only people who continued were defenders Chris Smalling and Marcos Rojo. Van Gaal asked, however, not with so many young players who Arsene Wenger did in the 0-3 defeat yesterday.
Jesse Lingard, Andreas Pereira and James Wilson started, but the other eight were experienced musicians .
Well Boro
Boro, who missed promotion finals of the Championship against Norwich in ours fielded his best men – among other good old Stewart Downing – and it did that it became an evenly played affair at Old Trafford.
Aitor Karanka Middlesbrough was actually closest victory in regular time, but the match went to extra innings. United tried to paint his supposedly inferior opponent in the sinking, but Boro defended well and smart, and so dangerous out the times they gave impetus to come.
Destination however, it was not neither in regular time or in extra-time, and thus the stage was set for any keepers dream: Shootout.
Boro goalkeeper Tomas Mejias against United last bastion Sergio Romero.
And it went with United just as it did for Chelsea against Stoke yesterday: underdog wins.
Middlesbrough guys scored namely on three of its four penalties, while no less than three English internationals strikes for United: Wayne Rooney, Michael Carrick and Ashley Young.
This enabled Boro boys cheering wildly quarterfinal place, while United ie is out of this year’s ligacup.
controlled game
Homemade controlled ball inside the sea completely initially in the match, but it was Boro who is in 4th place in the Championship, who came to the first chance, after the quarter-hour.
The gulkledde for the occasion played forward for a corner. United cleared a cross, but Leadbitter Grant hit the ball back into the box. Der tried Emilio Nsue in a failed bicycle kick but the ball fell instead on a silver platter for team mate George Friend.
The left back end of glorious position however went to the feet of Sergio Romero.
United continued to have the ball most in Boros opportunity, but struggled violently to penetrate a well organized Championship side. Large Team first shot on goal came as late as after 34 minutes, but his kick from James Wilson under pressure was that a tilbakespill raining.
Strong bench
Just before the break hammered Downing with his good left foot from a distance, but Romero got turned brilliant for a corner.
Despite that United fielded a reserve marked the first eleven in the evening, they had a bench that smelled scorched by: David De Gea, Juan Mata, Anthony Martial, Wayne Rooney, Ashley Young, Ander Herrera and Bastian Schweinsteiger.
There, they had the advantage of. After the break came namely Rooney in for James Wilson, who had a weak first half.
It seems to have an immediate effect. For quite quickly began namely Manchester United to resemble Manchester United. The Reds pushed Boro deeper and deeper in pitch, and so more dangerous and more dangerous for every attack.
Instead, it was Boro who quite suddenly thought they took the lead. Kike sent it against the post after good work from Friendster. The rebound sat Danny Blind on comical view on their own networks, but while Boro players cheered, it appeared that the referee had blown for offside when Friendswood found Kike.
Almost blunder
After an hour of play Used van Gaal himself – again – by their strong bench, when he struck Ashley Young for Marcos Rojo.
Straight afterwards held United once again to make it quite big own goal. Blind played back to Romero, who was to push the ball to the side of the outside of the foot to turn it, but the Argentines first touch was horrible weak. The ball slipped off his foot and rolled centimeters past the post.
After 70 minutes, cried United players on a penalty when a powerful cross hit the hand to Boro stopper Daniel Ayala in the box, but referee Lee Mason blew not.
Straight afterwards used van Gaal his final change for the evening, when the shooting star Anthony Martial gone out for Memphis Depay, who had had a horrible sluggish performance.
hit the post
Martial was occasionally good, it was Youngster Jesse Lingard who kept on doing so for United to end it by ordinary time. Talent came to shot from a good position in the box, but the ball hit the post.
In stoppage was Boro close twice by Leadbitter and Downing, but Romero denied him with two brilliant saves. Thus, it was extra time at Old Trafford.
Where continued United directing, but Boro continued to defend well. Pereira, Martial and Fellaini were all close at the end, and United shouted at once hands in the box, but it was still 0-0 at fancy pillow at Old Trafford after 120 minutes.
Thus, it is thus set for a penalty shootout.
Der mostly went wrong for United: Pereira scored, but Rooney, Carrick and Young fool of himself. Thus held that Boro scored on three of its four penalties.
The great hero was obviously former Real Madrid goalkeeper Tomas Mejias, who saved two penalties. A marked Carrick put his eleven meters high.
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